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Joe Medwick League
4-1-2058
David Benz Right Field
Retired (1998, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .279 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .815 Status Deceased (2036) Option Years 0  
H 1451 Age at Death 74 Date of Birth 01-21-1962
HR 245 Drafted Round 1, Pick 8
(1984)		 Majors Svc Time 13 years
(73 games)
RBI 868
SB 65
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R A  Power vs. L A  Velocity D    Mentor vR A+
Speed B  Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (97.4%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF F  (2.7%)   Health D+ LCS Appearances 1
3B B- (59.2%) RF A+ (100%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 3
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1984 LF DET 19 19 164.2 34 33 0 1 0 -3 1.80 .971
RF DET 13 6 61.0 12 12 0 0 0 0 1.77 1.000
CF DET 5 5 43.2 10 9 0 1 0 0 1.86 .900
1985 LF DET 19 19 154.0 34 33 0 1 0 -2 1.93 .971
RF DET 12 8 74.0 16 16 0 0 0 0 1.95 1.000
CF DET 3 3 29.0 8 8 0 0 0 0 2.48 1.000
1986 RF DET 26 5 79.0 17 17 0 0 0 -1 1.94 1.000
LF DET 7 7 56.0 22 21 1 0 1 0 3.54 1.000
1987 RF DET 35 35 305.0 65 63 0 2 0 -1 1.86 .969
LF DET 20 20 179.1 22 22 0 0 0 -1 1.10 1.000
CF DET 17 17 152.2 27 27 0 0 0 0 1.59 1.000
1988 LF DET 105 104 940.2 218 214 0 4 0 -2 2.05 .982
RF DET 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4.00 1.000
CF DET 1 1 8.0 5 3 0 2 0 0 3.38 .600
1989 LF DET 98 98 862.1 217 212 2 3 2 -3 2.23 .986
RF DET 37 37 330.0 64 63 0 1 0 0 1.72 .984
1990 3B DET 116 116 1057.1 324 70 221 33 10 -17 2.48 .898
LF DET 2 2 16.0 6 6 0 0 0 +1 3.38 1.000
RF DET 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
1991 3B DET 121 120 1068.2 311 74 216 21 8 -6 2.44 .932
2B DET 5 5 46.1 26 11 15 0 5 -2 5.05 1.000
CF DET 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1B DET 1 1 8.0 8 6 1 1 0 0 7.88 .875
LF DET 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1992 3B DET 135 135 1185.0 302 91 195 16 16 +3 2.17 .947
1993 LF DET-MON 64 64 582.1 159 154 2 3 0 +3 2.41 .981
RF DET-MON 44 44 402.1 79 76 3 0 1 -3 1.77 1.000
3B DET-MON 27 27 239.0 54 13 37 4 2 +1 1.88 .926
1994 RF MON 107 106 949.0 192 182 5 5 0 -5 1.77 .974
1995 LF MON-STL 28 22 201.0 44 44 0 0 0 0 1.97 1.000
RF MON-STL 14 8 79.1 20 19 0 1 0 -1 2.16 .950
1B MON-STL 6 0 8.0 9 8 1 0 0 0 10.12 1.000
1996 RF STL 135 135 1186.0 230 222 2 6 0 +1 1.70 .974
1997 RF STL 31 31 290.0 63 61 0 2 0 -1 1.89 .968
LF STL 1 1 8.2 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.12 1.000
1998 RF STL 11 6 59.0 16 15 1 0 0 -1 2.44 1.000
CF STL 2 2 17.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 2.65 1.000
LF STL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Pos Total RF 467 423 3832.2 779 751 11 17 1 -12 1.79 .978
3B 399 398 3550.0 991 248 669 74 36 -19 2.32 .925
LF 365 356 3167.0 759 742 5 12 3 -7 2.12 .984
CF 29 29 259.1 58 55 0 3 0 0 1.91 .948
2B 5 5 46.1 26 11 15 0 5 -2 5.05 1.000
1B 7 1 16.0 17 14 2 1 0 0 9.00 .941
Total 1272 1212 10871.1 2630 1821 702 107 45 -40 2.09 .959
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1998-11-01David Benz has retired from the St. Louis Blue Cats
1997-04-28David Benz of the St. Louis Blue Cats is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1995-05-19The St. Louis Blue Cats have placed David Benz on the trade block.
1995-05-19A trade has been completed between the Montreal Koenigs and the St. Louis Blue Cats. The St. Louis Blue Cats receive David Benz, Paul Dietz, Draft Pick 1996 Round 2 MON (T.J. Douglass) from the Montreal Koenigs in exchange for Glenn Kimmick, Lyman Fitzgerald. Protest This Trade.
1994-04-11David Benz of the Montreal Koenigs is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
1993-06-15A trade has been completed between the Montreal Koenigs and the Detroit Scorpions. The Detroit Scorpions receive Vince Calderone, Duke Mulvey, Phil Pye, Bill Kerr, Dan Strand from the Montreal Koenigs in exchange for David Benz, Spider Craver, Dwayne Camacho. Protest This Trade.
1993-05-08The Detroit Scorpions have placed David Benz on the trade block.
1990-06-25David Benz of the Detroit Scorpions is injured and is expected to be out 4 days.
1990-04-28David Benz of the Detroit Scorpions is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1988-06-22David Benz of the Detroit Scorpions is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1987-05-17David Benz of the Detroit Scorpions is injured and is expected to be out 4 days.
1987-04-01The Detroit Scorpions have promoted Roy Taylor to the major league team. The Detroit Scorpions have promoted David Benz to the major league team. The Detroit Scorpions have designated Luke Baez for assignment. The Detroit Scorpions have designated Chris Northington for assignment.
1987-03-05The Detroit Scorpions have sent David Benz to the minors. The Detroit Scorpions have sent Jessie Devarez to the minors.
1986-08-16The Detroit Scorpions have promoted David Benz to the major league team. The Detroit Scorpions have designated Jim Speece for assignment.
1986-08-13The Detroit Scorpions have sent David Benz to the minors.
1986-08-12David Benz of the Detroit Scorpions is injured and is expected to be out 3 days.
1986-04-08The Detroit Scorpions have promoted David Benz to the major league team. The Detroit Scorpions have sent Sam Washington to the minors.
1986-04-01The Detroit Scorpions have promoted Sam Washington to the major league team. The Detroit Scorpions have sent David Benz to the minors.
1985-08-07The Detroit Scorpions have promoted David Benz to the major league team. The Detroit Scorpions have promoted Jim Autry to the major league team. The Detroit Scorpions have sent Erskine Larkin to the minors. The Detroit Scorpions have designated Jim Speece for assignment.
1985-05-22The Detroit Scorpions have sent David Benz to the minors.
1985-05-05The Detroit Scorpions have promoted David Benz to the major league team.
1984-07-16The Detroit Scorpions have promoted Erskine Larkin to the major league team. The Detroit Scorpions have sent David Benz to the minors.
1984-05-05The Detroit Scorpions have promoted David Benz to the major league team. The Detroit Scorpions have designated Jonas Berkovits for assignment.